Access Hollywood wished Ricki Lake a belated happy birthday at Variety’s Third Annual Power of Women Luncheon in Hollywood. They talk of Dancing With The Stars. Ricki is bruised all over, but, she’s excited for the Jive tonight. Ricki also talks of how amazing all the dancers are this Season and how they are all special in their own right! She talks of her charity and her weight loss as well. More below…

Adding: Here is great new interview with Derek on ET too;

And adding two more of Derek and Ricki with Ryan Seacrest this morning. Thanks to Lori for this heads up!

I'm a fashion and music fan....and I have always loved dancing too of any kind. Dancing With The Stars seems to have this way of bringing all of those things together. One of my favorite dancing quotes at the moment: "No matter what, nobody can take away the dance you've already had...." ~Gleb Savchenko . For fun music and dance mixes, visit WilUnleashed Soundcloud.